Speech to text unexpectedly undoes user edits in chat sidebar

[hamirmahal]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?:

Yes/No - The chat sidebar, where this issue occurs, appears to need at least 1 extension enabled.

• VS Code Version:

Version: 1.112.0
Commit: 07ff9d6178ede9a1bd12ad3399074d726ebe6e43
Date: 2026-03-17T18:09:23Z
Electron: 39.8.0
ElectronBuildId: 13470701
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-19-generic

• OS Version:

Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:	24.04
Codename:	noble

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open the chat sidebar.
2. Start speech to text.
3. Modify some text while it's still listening.
4. Continue speaking.

[hamirmahal]

Here's a reproduction of the issue on Ubuntu Linux, with audio.

screen_recording-2026-03-22_14.20.03_reproducing_speech_to_text_issue.webm